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020			_a9781529422559
040			_aKenya National Library Service
082			_a823.92 ARD
100			_aArditti, Michael
245			_aThe Young pretender : _bor the dramatic return of master Betty / _cMichael Arditti.
300			_a186 pages ; _c22 cm
520			_aMichael Arditti’s novel fictionalizes the life and attempted comeback of the famous Georgian child actor William Henry West Betty, known as “Master Betty.” Set in early nineteenth-century England, the story explores fame, theatrical culture, exploitation, memory, and the difficulties of transitioning from child celebrity to adulthood within Regency society.
650			_aHistorical fiction -- Georgian theatre
650			_aChild actors -- England -- Fiction
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